The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-04
CITY NOTES.

Rev. j. b. Ley went over to Fernan-
dina Yesterday to recuperate for awhile,
Home Minstrels will be here ON the eve
ming of the 18th inst.
Mr. f. +. Cleveland, of Jacksonville,
was in town yesterday, the guest of his
son, III. f. Cleveland.
The Board of Health desires that every
one shall pay particular attention to
Rule No. II, which will be found else
where.
A dead cat ON the vacant lot, cor
ner of Laurel and Kirby streets, stinketh
loudly, at which pedestrians are COM
planning.
Jim Shelley's corpse lacks great deal
of being dead yet, but the victims of the
''pall bearer joke continue to ''set 'em
up to the crowd.
Messrs ID. Covert and l.. s. Long, of
Interlachen, were in town yesterday.
They report Interlachen enjoying its
usual summer quiet.
Maj. o. w. Bromwell formerly gen
eral freight and passenger agent of the
Florida Southern Railway, is in town,
after an absence of some weeks North
Mr.. Chas. F. Eaton and wife will leave
to-day for Midtown, N. b., where they
go to visit the father of Mrs. Eaton.
They will be absent for several months.
''when lads with gripping sore abused
viii of the melon partake,
Jim A X. Ginger introduced
viii be, to festive Belle T.. Ache"
Yesterday it was warm enough i'm the
morning, but about noon the clouds
gathered above the city, a good breeze
sprang up, and while it did not rain, it
was just cool enough to be pleasant all
the afternoon.
Quite a number of the young people of
the city and the country surrounding
Col. Bowens' place about ten miles down
the river enjoyed picnic there on
Thursday, and a dance in the evening.
Those who attended report most enjoy
able time.
Ocala Banner: MIR. Fred. ID. Mason,
who has filled the responsible position of
clerk in the Florida Southern Railway
general office at Palatka, has taken SER
vice in the Bank of Ocala as book keeper.
We trust Mr.. Mason will find his work
congenial, and like his new home.
Why cannot the artesian water of
which we have such an abundance be
turned into the surface bitches along our
STR Thnrs "a of. xxraII
in town that would not give his water
freely for such an excellent sanitary pur-
pose, and that it would be splendid
sanitary move all will admit.
Maj. j. l.. Burton passed through town
yesterday en- route to Summer Haven,
where he goes to spend the summer. BY
reference to our advertising columns it
will be seen that he has number of de
sirable lots for sale at that delightful
summer resort and at prices that will
suit the times.
The prompt action taken by the health
officers at Key West and the other cities
of the State, and the universal work of
cleaning up, will prevent the spread of
the yellow fever. An ounce of proven
tive is worth pound of cure in cases
like this. and there should be no let up
in the cleaning up process.
The Mayors court was more lively yes
terday morning than usual. there being
several cases up for his Honor's investi-
CATION. Messrs. VIM. Barnes and III.
Petermann We're fined 81 and costs each
Ma,- .l.l u g. !. Il
conduct. Collins Jones for disturbing
the peace and resisting an officer, was
fined s. and costs.
Can the red man be civilized? An af-
firmative answer to this question seems
to be given in an article entitled Met.
lakahtla," by z. l.. White, which will bs
published in the July number of the
american Magazine. "A tribe of brutal
savages, the worst Indians on the Pa
cific coast, has been transformed, ac-
cording to this account, into an orderly
industrious and thrifty community.
The Daytona Messenger tells thusly OF
a very humane man in that town: Day
tona has probably the most tender
hearted man in the United States. and
to look at him you would not take him
to be such. He has been known to fill a
strawberry basket nearly half full OF
leaves, so that when he puts the berries
in the basket their tender cuticule woulc
not be abraded, as some people do no
like berries in that condition, and as tn,
large berries are the most tender he put
those on top, where they do not ge
hurt
Paiatka people are not so excited owe
the Key West yellow fever reports as t,
tear their shirts. The majority of ou
people have no fear of an epidemic, eve,